Indian hemp

Indian hemp

n.

Cannabis.

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Indian hemp

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for hemp esp the variety Cannabis indica, from which several narcotic drugs are obtained

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called dogbane a perennial American apocynaceous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, whose fibre was formerly used by the Indians to make rope

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Indian hemp - source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber Cannabis indica bhang - a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India haschisch, hasheesh, hashish, hash - purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
	2.	Indian hemp - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, kenaf, deccan hemp hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus deccan hemp, kenaf - fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
	3.	Indian hemp - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Apocynum cannabinum, rheumatism weed dogbane - any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root